On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 5:31 PM, Yong Zhang <yong.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 02:50:23PM +0800, Huacai Chen wrote: >> diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/process.c b/arch/mips/kernel/process.c >> index e9a5fd7..69b17a9 100644 >> --- a/arch/mips/kernel/process.c >> +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/process.c >> @@ -72,9 +72,7 @@ void __noreturn cpu_idle(void) >> } >> } >> #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU >> - if (!cpu_online(cpu) && !cpu_isset(cpu, cpu_callin_map) && >> - (system_state == SYSTEM_RUNNING || >> - system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING)) >> + if (!cpu_online(cpu) && !cpu_isset(cpu, cpu_callin_map)) >> play_dead(); > > I think patch like this should be separated from BSP code. > > BTW, what's the story behind this change? When poweroff, disable_nonboot_cpus() is called, and if HOTPLUG_CPU is configured, disable_nonboot_cpus() is not an empty function but try to offline nonboot cores. If without this change, poweroff fails. > > Thanks, > Yong